Turf Redevelopment Update

Burnley Football Club have previously announced a major Turf Moor Redevelopment project costing £30 million. As well as the ground being updated a football academy at the Gawthorpe training headquarters is also on the cards.

Development director and former Clarets player, Paul Fletcher believes the rewards the club will get by redeveloping Turf Moor rather than relocating will be far greater

‘My other projects with football grounds at the Ricoh at Coventry and the Reebok at Bolton seemed like great ideas at the time, said Fletcher

‘Now, I start to question them because you are moving football fans five miles out of town.

‘Football has always been a working class community sport and in years gone by the players themselves were working class.

‘I think a football club needs to be a part of the town and Turf Moor has always been the heartbeat of Burnley so to rebuild here, when we know it will help the town centre as well, is very rewarding.’

A full article by Paul Fletcher can be found on the Official Site giving an update on the status of the development